JPS59165459A - Manufacture of thin film transistor - Google Patents

Manufacture of thin film transistor

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Publication number
JPS59165459A
JPS59165459A JP3942883A JP3942883A JPS59165459A JP S59165459 A JPS59165459 A JP S59165459A JP 3942883 A JP3942883 A JP 3942883A JP 3942883 A JP3942883 A JP 3942883A JP S59165459 A JPS59165459 A JP S59165459A
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electrode
photosensitive resin
resin layer
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Yasuhiro Ukai
育弘 鵜飼
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Hosiden Electronics Co Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L29/00Semiconductor devices specially adapted for rectifying, amplifying, oscillating or switching and having potential barriers; Capacitors or resistors having potential barriers, e.g. a PN-junction depletion layer or carrier concentration layer; Details of semiconductor bodies or of electrodes thereof ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/66Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor
    • H01L29/68Types of semiconductor device ; Multistep manufacturing processes therefor controllable by only the electric current supplied, or only the electric potential applied, to an electrode which does not carry the current to be rectified, amplified or switched
    • H01L29/76Unipolar devices, e.g. field effect transistors
    • H01L29/772Field effect transistors
    • H01L29/78Field effect transistors with field effect produced by an insulated gate

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately form the relative position among a drain electrode, a source electrode and a gate electrode and to simplify the structure of a transistor by exposing a photosensitive resin layer for producing the gate electrode with the drain and source electrodes as masks. CONSTITUTION:Drain and source electrodes 12, 13 of opaque metal layers are formed on a transparent insulating substrate 11, and a semiconductor silicon layer 14, so-called a channel region crossing thereover is formed. Then, a gate insulating film 15 is formed. Further, a transparent electrode 16 is formed thereon, a negative type photosensitive resin layer 17 is formed thereon, and ultraviolet ray 18 is exposed from the side of the substrate 11 to cure it. Accordingly, when developed, the electrodes 12, 13 are operated as masks to form a pattern 17p of photosensitive resin layer. With the pattern 17p as a mask the electrode 16 is etched to provide the transparent electrode of the part covered with the pattern 17p as a gate electrode 16g.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 この発明は例えば液晶表示器において表示画素の選択の
ために用いられる薄膜トランジスタの製造方法に関する
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor used for selecting display pixels in, for example, a liquid crystal display.

く背 景〉 この種の薄膜トランジスタにおいて、ターンオン時間を
短かくする点及びドレイン電流を大きくする点から、ソ
ース電極及びドレイン電極の間隔、いわゆるチャネル長
を小さくすることが望まれている。チャネル長を小さく
するには、ゲート電極をフォトエツチングにより形成す
る際に用いるマスクと、ソース電極及びドレイン電極を
フォトエツチングにより形成する際に用いるマスクとの
相対位相を正確に一致させる必要があり、この点からチ
ャネル長を小さくするには限にかあった。
Background In this type of thin film transistor, it is desired to reduce the distance between the source electrode and the drain electrode, the so-called channel length, in order to shorten the turn-on time and increase the drain current. In order to reduce the channel length, it is necessary to accurately match the relative phase of the mask used when forming the gate electrode by photoetching and the mask used when forming the source and drain electrodes by photoetching. From this point of view, there was a limit to how small the channel length could be.

このような点よシいわゆるセルフアライメントの手法を
用いることが提案されている。即ち透明基板にゲート電
極を不透明膜で形成し、このゲート電極を被ってゲート
絶縁膜を形成し、そのゲート絶縁膜上にアモルファスシ
リコン層を形成し、そのアモルファスシリコン層上にポ
ジタイプの感光性樹脂層を形成し、その感光性樹脂層に
対し、透明基板側から光を照射した後、現像してゲート
電極と対応する部分のみ感光性樹脂層を残し、その後、
その残った感光性樹脂層を含んで全体に金属層を形成し
、更に上記残った感光性樹脂層を除去することによりソ
ース電極及びドレイン電極を形成する。このようにすれ
ば、ソース電極及びドレイン電極の形成はゲート電極を
マスクとしているため、これら電極の位置合せを自動的
に、かつ正確に行うことができ、チャネル長を小さくす
ることができる。しかし、このようにして形成された薄
膜トランジスタによれば、アモルファスシリコン層が外
部に現われた状態となっているだめ、例えばこの薄膜ト
ランジスタを液晶表示器に用いると、アモルファスシリ
コン層が液晶と接するために動作が不安定になる。この
点より薄膜トランジスタの全体を二酸化膜などで被覆す
る必要があり、構造が複雑になる欠点がある。
In view of this, it has been proposed to use a so-called self-alignment method. That is, a gate electrode is formed with an opaque film on a transparent substrate, a gate insulating film is formed covering the gate electrode, an amorphous silicon layer is formed on the gate insulating film, and a positive type photosensitive resin is formed on the amorphous silicon layer. After forming a layer and irradiating the photosensitive resin layer with light from the transparent substrate side, it is developed to leave the photosensitive resin layer only in the portion corresponding to the gate electrode, and then,
A metal layer is formed on the entire surface including the remaining photosensitive resin layer, and the remaining photosensitive resin layer is further removed to form a source electrode and a drain electrode. In this way, since the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed using the gate electrode as a mask, the alignment of these electrodes can be performed automatically and accurately, and the channel length can be reduced. However, with the thin film transistor formed in this way, the amorphous silicon layer is exposed to the outside, so if this thin film transistor is used in a liquid crystal display, for example, the amorphous silicon layer will be in contact with the liquid crystal, so it will not work. becomes unstable. From this point of view, it is necessary to cover the entire thin film transistor with a dioxide film or the like, which has the disadvantage of complicating the structure.

〈発明の概要〉 この発明の目的は短かいチャネル長を容易にかつ正確に
作ることができ、しかも構造が簡単な薄膜トランジスタ
の製造方法を提供することにある。
<Summary of the Invention> An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor that can easily and accurately produce a short channel length and has a simple structure.

この発明によれば透明絶縁基板上に、ゲート電極ではな
く、ドレイン電極及びソース電極を形成し、これらドレ
イン電極及びソース電極間にわたってアモルファスシリ
コン又は多結晶シリコンなど6半導体シリコン層を形成
し、その半導体シリコン層を被ってゲート絶縁膜を形成
し、このゲート絶縁膜上に透明電極を形成し、更にその
上にネガタイプの感光性樹脂層を形成し、その感光性樹
脂層に対して透明基板側より露光し、更に現像し、残っ
た感光性樹脂層をマスクとして透明電極をエツチングし
てゲート電極を得る。このようにしてゲート電極を得る
ための感光性樹脂層の露光を、ドレイン電極及びソース
電極をマスクとして行うため、つまりいわゆるセルフア
ライメント手法によりドレイン電極及びソース電極とゲ
ート電極との相対位置が正確に得られる。
According to this invention, not a gate electrode but a drain electrode and a source electrode are formed on a transparent insulating substrate, six semiconductor silicon layers such as amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon are formed between these drain electrodes and source electrodes, and the semiconductor A gate insulating film is formed covering the silicon layer, a transparent electrode is formed on this gate insulating film, a negative type photosensitive resin layer is further formed on top of the gate insulating film, and a negative type photosensitive resin layer is formed from the transparent substrate side with respect to the photosensitive resin layer. After exposure and further development, the transparent electrode is etched using the remaining photosensitive resin layer as a mask to obtain a gate electrode. In this way, the exposure of the photosensitive resin layer to obtain the gate electrode is performed using the drain and source electrodes as masks, so the relative positions of the drain and source electrodes and the gate electrode are precisely determined by the so-called self-alignment method. can get.

〈実施例〉 次にこの発明による薄膜トランジスタの製造方法の実施
例を図面を参照して説明しよう。
<Example> Next, an example of the method for manufacturing a thin film transistor according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

第1図に示すようにガラスなどの透明絶縁基板11上に
、ニクロム、クロム、モリブデンなどの不透明金属層を
、1000〜200OA程度、蒸着あるいはスパッタリ
ングにょp形成し、更にフォトエツチングによりドレイ
ン電極12及びソース電極13を形成する。
As shown in FIG. 1, on a transparent insulating substrate 11 such as glass, an opaque metal layer such as nichrome, chromium, or molybdenum is formed with a thickness of about 1000 to 200 OA by vapor deposition or sputtering, and then the drain electrode 12 and the like are formed by photoetching. A source electrode 13 is formed.

これらドレイン電極12及びソース電極13を含み透明
基板11上にアモルファスシリコン、多結晶シリコンな
どの半導体シリコン層を例えば3000Aの厚さで、プ
ラズマCVD(化学的気相成長)法によシ形成し、これ
に対してフォトエツチングによI)第2図に示すように
トレイン電極12及びソース電極13にまたがった半導
体ンリコン層14、いわゆるチャネル領域を形成する。
A semiconductor silicon layer such as amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon is formed on the transparent substrate 11 including the drain electrode 12 and the source electrode 13 to a thickness of, for example, 3000 A by a plasma CVD (chemical vapor deposition) method, On the other hand, by photo-etching, I) a semiconductor silicon layer 14 extending over the train electrode 12 and the source electrode 13, a so-called channel region, is formed as shown in FIG.

次に半導体シリコン層14の全体を被って透明基板11
上にゲート絶縁膜15を第3図に示すように形成する。
Next, a transparent substrate 11 is placed over the entire semiconductor silicon layer 14.
A gate insulating film 15 is formed thereon as shown in FIG.

ゲート絶縁膜15は例えば窒化シリコン(SiN2)又
は二酸化シリコンの2000〜3000Xの層からなシ
、プラズマCVD法により形成することができる。
The gate insulating film 15 is, for example, a 2000 to 3000× layer of silicon nitride (SiN2) or silicon dioxide, and can be formed by plasma CVD.

更に第4図に示すようにゲート絶縁膜15上に1000
久以下、例えば400〜500A程度の厚さの透明電極
16を、I T O(In20g及びSn□+の混合物
)又は酸化錫を蒸着、あるいはスパッタリングにより形
成する。透明電極16上にネガタイプの感光性樹脂層1
7を形成する。この感光性樹脂層17に対し、透明基板
11側から紫外線18を露光する。
Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
A transparent electrode 16 having a thickness of, for example, about 400 to 500 A is formed by vapor deposition or sputtering of ITO (a mixture of 20 g of In and Sn□+) or tin oxide. Negative type photosensitive resin layer 1 on transparent electrode 16
form 7. This photosensitive resin layer 17 is exposed to ultraviolet light 18 from the transparent substrate 11 side.

この露光により感光性樹脂層17の光が照射された部分
は硬化する。従って現像すると、第5図に示すように、
ドレイン電極12及びソース電極13が、マスクとして
作用した感光性樹脂層のパターン17pが形成される。
By this exposure, the portion of the photosensitive resin layer 17 that is irradiated with light is cured. Therefore, when developed, as shown in Figure 5,
A pattern 17p of the photosensitive resin layer is formed using the drain electrode 12 and the source electrode 13 as a mask.

この感光性樹脂層のパターン17pをマスクとして透明
電極16をエツチングして第6図に示すように感光性樹
脂層のパターン17pで被われた部分の透明電極がゲー
ト電極16gとして得られる。
The transparent electrode 16 is etched using the pattern 17p of the photosensitive resin layer as a mask to obtain a portion of the transparent electrode covered by the pattern 17p of the photosensitive resin layer as a gate electrode 16g as shown in FIG.

く効 果〉 この実施例に示すように、予め形成したドレイン電極1
2、ソース電極13をマスクとして露光現像することに
よシゲート電極16gの位置が決定され、いわゆるセル
フアライメントがなされ、ドレイン電極12及びソース
電極13とゲート電極16gとの相対位相は必ず一定の
関係となシ、ドレイン電極−12及びソース電極13の
間隔を小とし、いわゆるチャネル長りを小さくすること
ができ、従ってターンオン時間が短かく、かつドレイン
電流が大きいものを容易に得ることかでき、かつ、この
薄膜トランジスタを、大面積、高集積度のマトリックス
アレイとして実現し、しかもその素子間のバラツキを著
しく小さくすることが可能である。また第6図から理解
されるように半導体シリコン層13、いわゆるチャネル
領域はゲート絶縁膜15で被われているため、外部と接
触することがなく、例えば液晶表示器内に用いても、特
に保腹膜を形成しなくても安定に動作するものとなシ、
それぞれ構造が筒中、なものと々る。
Effect> As shown in this example, the drain electrode 1 formed in advance
2. The position of the gate electrode 16g is determined by exposure and development using the source electrode 13 as a mask, and so-called self-alignment is achieved, so that the relative phases of the drain electrode 12 and the source electrode 13 and the gate electrode 16g are always in a constant relationship. Moreover, the distance between the drain electrode 12 and the source electrode 13 can be made small, so that the so-called channel length can be made small, and therefore a device with a short turn-on time and a large drain current can be easily obtained. , it is possible to realize this thin film transistor as a large-area, highly integrated matrix array, and to significantly reduce variations among the elements. Furthermore, as can be understood from FIG. 6, the semiconductor silicon layer 13, the so-called channel region, is covered with the gate insulating film 15, so it does not come into contact with the outside, and even when used in, for example, a liquid crystal display, it is particularly safe. It must operate stably even without the formation of a peritoneum.
Each of them has a different structure.

なおドレイン電極12.は、ソース電極13はゲート電
極16gの形成時のセルフアライメントに必要表部分の
みが不透明であればよく、その他は透明でもよく、例え
ば液晶表示器に用いる場合は画素電極とする部分は透明
電極とされる。
Note that the drain electrode 12. For the source electrode 13, only the surface portion required for self-alignment during formation of the gate electrode 16g needs to be opaque, and the rest may be transparent. For example, when used in a liquid crystal display, the portion to be used as a pixel electrode may be a transparent electrode. be done.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図乃至第6図はこの発明の一実施例の工程を説明す
るための断面図である。 11:透明絶縁基板、12ニドレイン電極、13:ソー
ス電極、14:半導体シリコン層、15:ゲート絶縁膜
、16:透明電極、16g:ゲート電極、17:感光性
樹脂層、18:紫外線。 特許出願人 星電器製造株式会社 代理人草野 卓 オ 1 図 1721D 4 斧4 ダ 飢1s’ LBJ オ 5図 4 ル6肥
1 to 6 are cross-sectional views for explaining the steps of an embodiment of the present invention. 11: Transparent insulating substrate, 12 Ni-drain electrode, 13: Source electrode, 14: Semiconductor silicon layer, 15: Gate insulating film, 16: Transparent electrode, 16g: Gate electrode, 17: Photosensitive resin layer, 18: Ultraviolet rays. Patent Applicant Hoshi Denki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Agent Takuo Kusano 1 Figure 1721D 4 Ax 4 Daki 1s' LBJ O 5 Figure 4 Le 6 Fa

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)透明絶縁基板上に不透明のドレイン電極及びソー
ス電極を形成する工程と、これらドレイン電極及びソー
ス電極間にわたって半導体シリコン層を上記基板上に形
成する工程と、その半導体シリコン層を被ってゲート絶
縁膜を形成する工程と、そのゲート絶縁膜上に透明電極
を形成する工程と、その透明電極上に、光により硬化す
る感光性樹脂層を形成する工程と、上記基板側から上記
ドレイン電極及びソース電極をマスクとして上記感光性
樹脂層に光を照射した後、現像して上記感光性樹脂層の
光が照射されない部分を除去する工程と、その現稼によ
υ残った感光性樹脂層をマスクとして上記透明電極をエ
ツチングしてゲート電極を作る工程とを有する薄膜トラ
ンジスタの製造方法。
(1) A step of forming an opaque drain electrode and a source electrode on a transparent insulating substrate, a step of forming a semiconductor silicon layer on the substrate between the drain electrode and the source electrode, and a step of forming a semiconductor silicon layer covering the semiconductor silicon layer to form a gate. a step of forming an insulating film, a step of forming a transparent electrode on the gate insulating film, a step of forming a photosensitive resin layer that is cured by light on the transparent electrode, and a step of forming the drain electrode and the transparent electrode from the substrate side. After irradiating the photosensitive resin layer with light using the source electrode as a mask, developing the photosensitive resin layer to remove the portions of the photosensitive resin layer that are not irradiated with light; A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, comprising the step of etching the transparent electrode as a mask to form a gate electrode.
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JPS6230376A (en) * 1985-07-31 1987-02-09 Fujitsu Ltd Manufacture of thin film transistor
JPH02203539A (en) * 1989-02-01 1990-08-13 Nec Corp Formation of tft array
US6380009B1 (en) 1999-03-27 2002-04-30 U.S. Philips Corporation Method of manufacturing thin film transistors

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS6230376A (en) * 1985-07-31 1987-02-09 Fujitsu Ltd Manufacture of thin film transistor
JPH02203539A (en) * 1989-02-01 1990-08-13 Nec Corp Formation of tft array
US6380009B1 (en) 1999-03-27 2002-04-30 U.S. Philips Corporation Method of manufacturing thin film transistors

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